The coolest comic book cover thus far in 2011 belongs to Image Comics' new title
Blue Estate. The first issue came out last week and should be available at your
LCS (local comic shop).
I love old paperback pulp novels and
Robert McGinnis and his ilk. I'm sure I'll tackle that topic at greater length in the future, but right now...wow, what a sweet cover. I've not read it and know little about the actual content, but a copy of this awaits at mine own LCS.
Likewise, I watch
too much a lot of television, and my favorite title sequence currently on the air is FX's
Archer, which is James Bond as an even more arrogant, petty dick than he is already. The title sequence has a sweet retro throwback vibe and could work just as well for an actual dramatic thriller as it does for the the absurd silliness of
Archer. I miss title sequences, which have largely gone away due to an overabundance of commercials on broadcast television, and that extra 30-60 seconds are now needed to, you know, tell a story.
Archer does it right: catchy, evocative theme; bold, eye-catching design, and hints toward the roles the lead characters inhabit. Neal Holman is
Archer's art director and
he nailed this one.
Untitled from
Muffin MacGuffin on
Vimeo.
This sequence is from season two, and they've happily upgraded Amber Nash to series regular. In a sea of wonderfully bizarre and funny characters, Amber Nash's Pam and her endless appetites and curious street wisdom are a standout. Her and the hand puppet in that sequence never fail to crack me up for reasons I can't even elucidate. Probably because it's the one element in the entire sequence which says "This is a comedy!"
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